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package org.apache.metamodel.kafka;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;

/**
 * Factory interface for Kafka {@link Consumer} and {@link Producer} objects to
 * be used by Apache MetaModel. Since Apache MetaModel may potentially serve
 * multiple queries at the same times, multiple consumers may be needed. This
 * class determines how these are instantiated.
 */
public interface ConsumerAndProducerFactory {

    public <K, V> Consumer<K, V> createConsumer(String topic, Class<K> keyClass, Class<V> valueClass);

    public <K, V> Producer<K, V> createProducer(Class<K> keyClass, Class<V> valueClass);
}
